Last night, at least five different unions of roadways employees had a four-hour long marathon meeting with Industry Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala at his residence, officials said on Tuesday. The meeting started at 12 in the midnight and ended at around 3.45 am in the wee hours.

"After the successful completion of meeting with the representatives of Haryana government, the unions called off their strike," Haryana roadways employee coordination committee member Dalbir Nehra said.

"The talks with Haryana government have yielded positive results on their demands," he said.

Surjewala said that the meeting was "fruitful and both employees and the government has reached at a common agreements on several issues concerning roadways employees."

"Now the Haryana roadways employees union has withdrawn their strike," Surjewala said. “The state government is committed to regularize 8,500 contractual employees with the roadways,” he added.

All the roadways employees since 2003 will get salaries but not the arrears, he said, adding the department will take a decision on private routes soon.

Haryana Sarv Karamchari Sangh General Secretary Subash Lamba also claimed that power supply had been affected in districts of Hisar, Jind, Faridabad, Jhajjar and Mewat.

Lamba said that the government had not acceded to their prime demand of cancellation of 3,519 route permits to private bus operators across Haryana. Haryana roadways have a fleet of some 4000 buses and its employees strength is 18000.

Over two lakh employees of the state government, boards and corporations have been pressing for various demands, including abolishment of contractual system and outsourcing of work, filling up of vacancies, regularization of part-time employees, and cancellation of 3,519 permits to private bus operators.